Washboard.



` wAsHBfoAnD. ARPLICATION FILED IULY 20, |914. HENEWED AUG. 9. I9I6.

1 ,200,959 Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

j @Moulton IKL/cas narran STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRVING V. LUCAS, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.'

WASHBOARD.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application filed July 20, 1914, Serial No. 852,043. Renewed August 9, 1916. Serial No.V 114,070.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, IRVING V. LUCAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Washboard; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and enact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled 'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful. wash board.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved wash board having essential features of construction, which consists in the provision of a wash board surface having a plurality of perforations, through which a single length of non-corrosive wire material is interwoven, thereby forming interrupted ribs upon opposite faces of the wash board surface. The interruptions in said ribs occur adjacent said perforations, thereby allowing the water and suds to pass from one rib to the other partially, and part of the water and suds percolate through the perforations to the opposite side of the wash board surface, from whence it is dripped back in the tub. Said interruptions alternate with one another or are arranged in staggered relations. The ribs extend transversely of the wash board surface and upon opposite sides, and in this way a reversible wash board is afforded.

In practical elds the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed;

In the drawings: Figure l is a view in elevation of the improved wash board constructed in accordance with the invention and showing one face of the board. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation showing the opposite side of the wash board. Fig. 3 is a sectional view transversely of the board on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. l is a vertical sectional view on line 1 4 of Fig. 1. l

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates a flat member or board or plate, which may be constructed of 'any suitable material, and is provided with transverse rows of perforations 2. The perforations of one row alternate, break joints, or are arranged in staggered relations with the perforations of each adjoining row; A

single length of any suitable non-corrosive wire material 3 is interwoven in and out through the perforations or apertures in such wise as show-n, so as to provide transversely disposed ribs 4, upon both sides of the member, board or-plate 1. These ribs have interruptions as indicated at 5 where the apertures or perforations occur, thereby allowing part of the water and suds to pass from one rib to the adjoining rib, the other part of the water and suds percolate or pass through the perforations or apertures as heretofore stated. This member or board or plate 1 has secured to its longitudinal edges strips 7, which extend downwardly and form legs 8, upon which the wash board stands in the tub when in use. The upper transverse edge of the board or plate 1 isa strip 9, which together with the strip 7 are so arranged as to provide a iiange upon three of the edges of the board or plate 1. Adjacent the upper portion of the member 1 upon each face is a strip l0, acting as a support for the soap. Where the wire material passes about the longitudinal edges of the board or member 1, grooves 11 are provided to receive the wire material, so that the strip 7 may be secured tight against the longitudinal edges of the board or plate 1. In using this improved wash board the transverse ribs give or yield, incident to rubbing the clothes across the ribs, and then assume their normal positions, which functionstend to materially remove the dirt on the clothes.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and. .useful is 1. A wash board comprising a flat member having rows of perforations, the perforations of one row being arranged in staggered relations with the perforations of the adjoining'row, and a single length of noncorrosive wire material interwoven in and out through said apertures, thereby forming series of transversely disposed ribs diametri# cally opposite one another upon opposite faces of said member, said ribs being interrupted where the apertures occur, said interruptions being in staggered relations, said ribs between said interruptions and the apertures being yieldable, incident to the rubbing of the clothes thereagainst.

2. A wash board comprising a flat member having rows of perforations, the perforationsV of one row being in staggered relations with the perforations of the adjoining row, the opposite longitudinal edges of said fiat meniber'having 'recesses alined` With the rows of perforations, a single length of noneorroslve Wire materialv being .interwoven in and out through the perforations and engaging said recesses to form a seriesvofV "the staggered arrangement of the perforations,.said Wire materiall being interwoven the purpose specified.

in and out through the end perforations to forni angularly disposed ribs, as and for In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of three subscribing Witnesses.

. his CHARLES REED,

mark D. F. CURLEY, Jr.

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